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(Provence).—Hrveatin, Syst. Ueb., 1856, 62 (banks of Nile in winter); Orn. 
N.-O.-Afrika, ii, pt.1, 1873, 1150 (lower Egypt; Khartoum; Abyssinia; coast of 
Arabia).—Homeyver, Journ. fiir Orn., 1859, 369 (in captivity). —Hzine, Journ: 
fir Orn., 1860, 201 (Gamma, Africa).—LinpERMaYER, Vég. Griechenl., 1860, 
146.—Buasius (R.), Journ. fir Orn., 1863, Beilage, 68 (Braunschweig).— 
Avrum, Journ. fiir Orn., 1863, 120 (Miinsterland).—Rappsz, Reis. Sibir., 
1863, 340, part; Orn. Caucas., 1884, 45 (Tiflis, breeding at 6,300 ft.), 435 
(Lenkoran).—Norpmann, Journ. fiir Orn., 1864, 375 (Finland; Lapland),— 
Sazvaport, Journ, fiir Orn., 1865, 315 (Sardinia)—Houxrz, Journ. fir Orn., 
1868, 160 (Gottska-Sando, Norway).—Finscu, Journ. fir Orn., 1869, 336 
(w. Africa).—Dourn, Journ. fir Orn., 1871, 9 (Cape de Verd Islands).— 
Burrrgorer, Notes Leyden Muz., vii, 1885, 243 (Liberia); x, 1888, 102 (Junk 
River, Liberia); xi, 1889, 187 (Liberia) —Hartert, Journ. fir Orn., 1886, 
608 (w. Africa); Novit. Zool., viii, 1901, 306 (Canary Islands); x, 1903, 297 
(Rio de Oro, w. Africa).—Kogrnie, Journ. fiir Orn., 1890, 454 (Canary Is- 
lands); 1893, 89 (Tunis).—Scuatow, Journ. fiir Orn., 1899, 386 (Spitz- 
bergen).—Grant, Novit. Zool., vii, 1900, 268 (s. Arabia).—RzicHENow, 
Journ. fiir Orn., 1902, 12 (Togo Land, w. Africa); Deutsch. Tiefsee-Exped., 
7 Bd., 5 Lief., 1904, 353 (Chagos Islands). 
N[umenius] phacopus Kzyseruine and Brasrus, Wirb. Eur., 1840, pp. lxxviii, 
217. 
Numfenius] phaeopus Drosts, Journ. fiir Orn., 1869, 343 (Faro Islands). 
Numenius pheopus Temmincr, Cat. Syst., 1807, 170.—Vizm.or, Nouv. D'ct. 
d’Hist. Nat., viii, 1817, 303.—Yarret1, Hist. Brit. Birds, ed. 2, ii, 1856, 583; 
ed. 3, ii, 1856, 616.—SzEBouM and Brown, Ibis, 1876, 311 (lower Petchora 
R., Russia). 
Numenius phocopus Hartert and Grant, Novit. Zool., xii, 1905, 104 (San Miguel, . 
Azores). 
[Phzopus] pheopus Cuvier, Régne Anim., i, 1817, 485. 
[Scolopaz] borealis (not of Forster, 1772) “Gueu, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1789, 654. 
Numenius minor Lracu, Syst. Cat. Mam., etc., Brit. Mus., 1816, 32 (Devonshire, 
England; type now in coll. Brit. Mus.). 
[Phacopus] minor Heine and Reicuenow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn., 1890, 326 
Pi{hxopus] vulgaris FLemina, Philos. Zool., ii, 1822, 254. 
(?) Phaeopus arquatus (not Scolopax arquata Linneus) STEPHENS, Shaw’s Gen. 
Zool., xii, pt. i, 1824, 36, pl. 5. 
Numenius islandicus Breum, Vég. Deutschl., 1831, 610 (Iceland; Germany). 
Numenius haesitatus HaRTLAUB, Orn. West-Afrika, 1857, 233 (island of St. Thomas) 
[Numenius] hesitatus Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 42, no. 10251 (nomen nudum). 
[Numenius] melanorhynchus Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xliii, 1856, 597 (nomen 
nudum, Greenland),—Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 42, no. 10251. 
Numenius melanorhynchus BoNaPartTE, Compt. Rend., xliii, 1856, 1021. 
PHZOPUS HUDSONICUS (Latham). 
HUDSONIAN CURLEW. 
Stmilar to P. pheopus, but lower back and rump concolor with 
interscapular region, under parts decidedly more buffy, and ground 
color of axillars and under wing-coverts vinaceous-buff instead of 
white. 
Adulis (sexes alike).—Pileum uniform dark grayish brown (clove 
brown or fuscous) divided longitudinally by a narrow stripe (more or 
